Without the quips between celebrity presenters, inside jokes about the entertainment industry and skits that poke fun at stars behaving badly, awards shows would be little more than shiny trophies and long lists of names.

Winner of three Oscars (art direction, cinematography and makeup), although the foreign-film award surprisingly went to Germany's The Lives of Others, a high-end political drama. But remember: Screen history has given us countless examples of the latter, while movies as singular as Labyrinth make history themselves.

Edie Sedgwick, "It" girl of Andy Warhol's infamous '60s Factory scene, is the "It" girl of the new millennium, inspiring fashion, books, movies and online communities. New fans of the neo-glam model/junkie, noted for her cropped platinum hair and heavy black eye makeup, are fascinated by her edgy glamour and rebellious life.